Apparel Costing Manager, Asia

Who We Are: At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.  Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation. Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:   Runner First  We act in the best interest of the runner Word is Bond  We do what we say we’ll do  Champion Heart   We give our all in everything we do   There is no “I” in Run  We stay generous with our humanity  Keep Moving  We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic! We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.    Your Role The Costing function plays a critical role in Brooks overall success and profitability by understanding each cost component of our products and developing tools and reporting to manage costs and identify opportunities to create efficiencies to optimize product margins. The Apparel Costing Manager, Asia is responsible for managing product cost development from concept through production across multiple apparel categories. In this role, you will be responsible for re-establishing the costing framework and structure for our Apparel product lines.  This role partners closely with product development, sourcing, and Asia‑based vendor partners to ensure margin targets are achieved while maintaining product quality and operational efficiency. The position requires strong costing expertise, strong analytical, excellent negotiation and communication skills, and the ability to lead or collaborate with US teams supporting pre‑costing, production costing, and vendor costing data validation. The Apparel Costing Manager will also act as a consultant within Apparel Team by providing day to day costing expertise, identifying, prioritizing, and implementing cost savings initiatives to hit seasonal product target FOBs and Margin. In this role, you will also develop pre-costing tools and deliver training programs to Apparel Product Team in collaboration with Asia vendors to enable design for manufacturing and to achieve optimal product cost.